Consumer Law
Washington D.C. Council Proposes Anti-Discrimination Protections For The Homeless Community
Lawyers, housing advocates, and people experiencing homelessness are getting behind another D.C Council bill that would formally make homelessness a protected class.
The legislative effort comes as D.C. is experiencing a surge in unsheltered people where just this week efforts to clear a tent encampment were paused after a bulldozer injured an unhoused resident in a tent.
The bill will address a distinct form of discrimination, Kate Coventry, senior policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, testified Wednesday.
